Haverhill

The fierce monuments honor an English colonist who, legend has it, slaughtered her Native American captors after the gruesome killing of her baby. But the statues to Hannah Duston — one in Massachusetts where she grips a hatchet and another in New Hampshire where she clutches a bundle of scalps — are being reconsidered amid the nationwide reckoning on racism…

Students in Haverhill, Massachusetts, returned to the classroom Friday after a massive ransomware attack crippled the district’s computer system. The Haverhill Public School District said its IT department noticed early Wednesday morning that something was wrong with the system, shutting down the network “before large scale corruption of the system occurred.” The school’s entire system, including its remote learning...

Some Haverhill students were back in classrooms Friday after missing class the day before because of a ransomware attack that had crippled the district’s systems.

At least one in six communities in Massachusetts was infected with ransomware last year, and at least 10 used taxpayer money to unlock files.

Schools in Haverhill, Massachusetts, were closed Thursday after the district’s computer system was hit with a ransomware attack. The Haverhill Public School District said its IT department noticed early Wednesday morning that something was wrong with the system, shutting down the network “before large scale corruption of the system occurred.” The attack, designed to cripple a system until money...

Grades 2-4 were supposed to return to the classroom in Haverhill, Mass. on Thursday, but a ransomware attack has put all learning in the district on hold.

A fire burned through a single family home in Haverhill, Massachusetts early Tuesday morning. The Haverhill Fire Department put out the two-alarm blaze at 16 Maplewood Terrace after getting called around 4:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. No further information was immediately available.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is suing a now-closed driving school for failing to refund more than $1 million to students after its owner was arrested on drug trafficking charges. Healey’s office filed the lawsuit against North Andover Auto School and its owner, Michael Larocque, 56, of Lawrence, for violating the state’s Consumer Protection Act. The office said in its…

Believe it or not there are people who haven’t been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, but those people are still getting stimulus checks. And now, one nonprofit in the Merrimack Valley says it’s benefitting from generous neighbors, who want their relief check to go to those who really need it. Pam Wool is a retired Merrimack Valley resident...

Pam Wool, a retired Merrimack Valley resident with a stable income, got a hefty stimulus check in the mail, and decided to donate it to a local non-profit called Emmaus.

One man is dead and another is facing a murder charge after a fight broke out Thursday in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Haverhill police responded to 127 Winter St. just after 4:30 p.m. for a reported altercation. When they arrived, officers found 34-year-old John Rosado of Haverhill down on the sidewalk suffering from significant head wounds and bleeding profusely. Rosado was taken…

A single-car crash in Haverhill has left the driver dead, state police say.

Court documents are revealing new details about the violent attack of two women in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Jake Kavanaugh, 23, of Haverhill, was ordered held without bail on Thursday after pleading not guilty to multiple charges related to the brutal attack a day earlier on Fairview Farm Road. Kavanaugh is charged with armed assault to murder; assault and battery…

A man accused of attacking a woman and her daughter is being held without bail and facing multiple charges, including attempted murder.

Two women were attacked in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, leaving one with life-threatening injuries that required her to be flown to a Boston hospital, authorities said. Essex County prosecutors gave few details Wednesday night in announcing the attack was under investigation. A large police presence appeared to be centered around a vehicle with a smashed windshield. The attack on Fairview…

A large police investigation was underway in Haverhill, where a man said one of his neighbors had appeared to attack another.

A large police investigation was underway in Haverhill, Massachusetts, that appeared to be centered on a car with a smashed windshield.

The family of a woman missing since 2004 is asking for a historical marker after a tree that has long served as a memorial to her was chopped down. Maura Murray of Hanson, Massachusetts, was 21 when she disappeared after crashing her car in Haverhill, New Hampshire, more than 17 years ago. Her family has been looking for answers ever…

On the 17th anniversary of the disappearance of Maura Murray, her family is still hopeful. “I’m hoping something shakes loose this year,” said her older sister, Julie. Julie’s and Maura’s brother, Kurtis, held a virtual candlelight vigil Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., the last time Maura was seen. “It’s kind of crazy to think it’s 17 years. I’ve spent more...

A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police said Tuesday they had arrested David Trongeau, 19, in connection with with stabbing of Jose Vasquez on Saturday. Wednesday, 25-year-old Devaughn Johnson was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact. Vasquez was found suffering…